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René Dumont #117

Serial
#117, stamped rather crudely only at the bottom of the RH joint. Unfortunately this instrument needed lots of fixing of cracks and
chips. The problems were so severe that I will be giving this away to a
deserving student. It is hard to tell from this data which of the two R. Dumont instruments was made earlier. René Dumont clarinets are among the better French Stencil clarinets and definitely worth reconditioning.

Intonation results taken when playing loud and not lipping. See how to interpret these results on the Model Comparison Page.

For this test, I pulled 0 at the barrel and 1mm in the center for this horn.

High register

FMIT

F

-9

E

0

D

0

C

0

B

1

B-flat

1

A

0

Mid

G

-8

F

-9

E

-4

D

-2

C

0

B

-2

Throat tones

Bb

0

A

0

G

2

F

-2

E

-6

Chalemeau

D

4

C

0

B-flat

-1

A

2

G

-6

F

-13

E

-20

Dumont117

Intonation summary: Excellent. Fantastic. This shows how good a straight medium-bore clarinet can be.

Key
work quality: This instrument has the hooks on the top two LH pinkie
keys, and these are Buffet-like pin-in-hole style. The key work is not quite as thick as the Magniere. The thumb rest is the kind that has an upper and lower screw. My first guess for R. Dumont may have been right, that these were Thibouville products.

This clarinet is most appropriate for: Anyone, beginning, intermediate to very advanced.